Legal, not legal, weed shops, no weed shops, makes no difference to me.
I smoke good quality bud most nights in the UK and have used bud/solid for 40 years, when i do my 90 days in Thailand i have no problem switching over to outdoor grown compressed weed. I doesn't take long to lose the tolerance to high THC content and within a few days i am as high as i would be if i was smoking decent bud. Doesn't taste as nice but does the job that i want it to.